Shoe-tongue holder



w @max SHOE TONGUE HOLDER Filed Sept. 18 1922 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. E6, l924,

UNITED STATES WILLIAM COOK, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA..

SHOE-TONGUE HOLDER.

Application filed September 18, 1922. Serial No. 588,940.

To a?! 1li/10m. t may Concern.'

Be it known that VILLIAM F. COOK, a citizen of the `United States, residingl at Pittsburgh, in the county of rilleghcny and State of Pennsylvania, has invented new and useful V1lmprovements in Shoe-Tongue Holders, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to holding devices and has more particular relation to devices for holding the tongue of a shoe centered and preventing it from moving to an extreme position toward either side of the shoe, or working downward and wrinlling, whereby undue wrinlrling of the shoe across the vamp will be prevented and the shoe and tongue will present a neat appearance.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of the above character, which contains all of the above and other advantages and in addition, is simple and economical in construction and which will not retard or interfere with the ready lacing of the shoe.

`With the above and other objects in view, the invention. further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings r- Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a portion of a shoe showing the invention in use.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the invention per se.

Figure eis a view similar to Figure 1 showing a modified form of the invention.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Figure 4l.

Referring in detail to the drawings, and more especially to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the reference character 10 indicates the side edges of the front opening of a laced shoe, the lacing of which is indicated at. 11 and the tongue at 12.

Frequently the tongue of the laced shoe becomes disarranged, that is it works to one side, with a result that the stocking is subjected to undue wear and the foot of the wearer frequently becomes calloused Land sore. In addition, sometimes the tongue will work downward with a result that the vamp of the shoe will become unduly creased,

so that in order to provide an effective device, the holder must hold, the tongue against both sidewise and longitudinal movement.

For this purpose, the present invention provides a holder which is preferably stamped or otherwise formed from a single piece of material and includes a disk 13, which has a concentrically arranged sleeve or nipple 14-A extending therefrom, This sleeve or nipple is adapted to be inserted through an opening provided along the longitudinal center of the tongue and to be upset or riveted upon the inside of the tongue, as clearly shown in Figure .2 of the drawings.

In addition, the disk 13 has extending therefrom upon the face opposite the sleeve 14, projections 15. These projections are in the form of hollow studs and are rolled from fingers or extensions formed integral with the disk 13.

lVhen in use, one of the projections will be arranged upon each side of the longitudinal center of the tongue and will extend between the crossed portions of the lace 11, while a third projection extends between the crossed portions of the said lace at a point along the longitudinal center of the tongue. rilhus, the tongue will be held against sidewise dislodgement, or against movement in a direction toward the toe of the shoe. At the same time, suficient movement will be permitted to permit the 'tongue to conform to the movement of the foot of the wearer when walking, the engagement of the lace with the studs 15 automatically centering the tonguel after each movement.

In Figures land of the drawings there is illustrated a moditied form oft the invention. This form is also made from a single piece of sheet metal and comprises a cruciform member 16 having diagonally disposed channels 17 which receive the crossed portions of the lace` 11, the walls which form these channels being substantially V -shaped in contiguration and entending between the crossed portions of the lace in the manner shown in Figure e. This form of the invention may be secured to the tongue by any suitable means, such as a rivet 18.

rThe invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved'to mak@ suehehenges as pro-pthro-ugh an openingfi-n the-tongue and lo erlyfall Within the :scope o-itlre appended be upset or riveted u'poiaithe inside. .of said 10 claim. tongue, said disk' also having a plurality Having desoribedithe invention what is of hollow` rolled 'projections formed inclaimed sz tegrally of the disk and extending in op- A disk for use on the tongue -o-f Shoel posed-relation to Said sleeve. y having a coneentrically arranged sleeve ex- In testimony whereof I aix my sivnature.

tending therefroml adapted to be inserted WILLIAM FCOK. 

